Farm Happenings at Harvest Tide Organics
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Farm Happenings at Harvest Tide Organics

Week 10! It's Melon Season!

Posted on August 7th, 2020
    Holy Melons!  Our first batch of cantaloupe have ripened and are coming on fast!  We've got enough melons to feed an army, so fill your shares this week.  This first batch of melons is a variety called "Hannah's Choice." Which are lobed and more oblong than our next pla1 read more »

Week 9 - Halfway there!

Posted on July 31st, 2020
It has been a rough hot week on the farm this past week.  We got more rain and clouds than expected, which eased the heat on a few days this week.  And for much of the crew week, our crew opted to start at 5 AM so that we could all be done by the hottest hours of the day.  It looks l1 read more »

Week 7 - Thank you! And prepping for fall and winter

Posted on July 17th, 2020
Well, between your donations, our farm's match, and sales at the farm stand this past weekend - we all together raised $1890.00 for the Somali Bantu Community Association's efforts to purchase farm land!  If you missed our  fundraiser, you can still donate directly here: http://agrar1 read more »

Week 6 - Tomato Countdown + Join us in supporting Liberation Farms' effort to acquire farmland

Posted on July 10th, 2020
We're getting deeper into July and we've got tomato fever!  The cherry tomatoes are starting to ripen (they're always first) and we're watching the slicers like a hawk.  Read on to know more about all the work that goes into getting tomatoes onto your table. ------------------------------1 read more »

Week 5 - Rain rain rain

Posted on July 3rd, 2020
Well, we got six inches of rain early this week, so we were able to forget irrigating for the moment, which was a gift.  That's a bit more than we needed, so some things got a little beaten down, a little drowned and flooded, but we are lucky to farm on a pretty well drained alluvial soil, so1 read more »

Week 4 - Weeds, weeds, weeds and drought! More strawberries for sale with shares!

Posted on June 26th, 2020
We just has a thunderstorm pass by us and we got enough wind and almost rain to get us to run around like crazy, but it passed too fast and too far north, and we didn't even get enough water to tamp down the dust.  Good thing our irrigation was running the whole time... We are officially in a1 read more »

Week 3 - Here are some frequently asked questions...

Posted on June 19th, 2020
We are headed into our third week of deliveries and we're already seeing a shift away from inundations of greenery into meatier crops.  We've got our first wave of early summer crops with our first cauliflower (lots more to come if you don't get any this week) and summer squash and cukes. 1 read more »

Week 2 Shares coming!

Posted on June 12th, 2020
We are heading into Week 2 of deliveries on the farm!  It's fully June now, and we've forgotten the frosts of a few weeks ago and are moving toward the height of summer.  The hot crops are starting to grow and vine and even get close to fruiting!   First off, we want to let you1 read more »

Shares Begin! Farm and Share update for June 10th/11th Delivery

Posted on June 5th, 2020
Hello again!  Welcome to your first customization email!    We just wrapped up the day here on the farm, and I am very much looking forward to a Friday stroll down to the river with Eric and Iona and Delilah the farm dog to unwind from what felt like an endless and crazy week. 1 read more »